I’m trying to decide whether or not to take my “cold” weather running clothes. I say “cold” because I don’t run if it’s much under freezing. I have running tights, but they aren’t super warm and I have some long sleeve technical tees and some Old Navy fleeces (hey, they’re cheap and they work around…
50 by 50
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my goal of racing in 5o states. The combination of a few hours awake with Shoo the other night and two fairly long runs recently has given me plenty of time to think. I’ve followed that up with a fair amount of research late at night (when…
Motivation comes from the oddest sources
I have been really struggling with running since the marathon. Not so much with the actual running, but with WANTING to run. So many days I just don’t. I have to force myself to get out there and do it. In attempt to make myself want to run, I’ve been participating in a lot of…
Lookin’ for races
I love to research. All of my friends know that if they need an electrician or a particular baby product or want to vacation in a certain spot, all they have to do is ask. If I don’t already have an answer because we’ve needed the information, I’m likely to be willing to do their…
50 miles and 50 states
I ran 6.8 miles yesterday to leave me with a nice round 50 miles left to go for the year. (Yeah, I’m a bit obsessive that way). It was a really good run for two reasons: 1) I was running while Beer Geek was walking Jones to school, so I circled around in our neighborhood…
Need to work on my endurance
I’ve been feeling the urge to do another marathon. Shoo has preschool every Tuesday, so I could do my long run while he’s at school. I’ve even picked one I want to do : Madison, Wisconsin. It’s near a huge percent of my extended family, including my parents. It’s on Memorial Day weekend, so I…
Girls on the Run 5K race report
Yesterday I ran the winter Girls on the Run 5K with a young lady from Jones’ school. It was an AWESOME experience (and more than a bit humbling). I got picked up at 6:30am by the family of another girl that was running and we headed out to the race. We had to get there…
Celebrating the end of Prohibition
75 years ago, prohibition ended. To celebrate, I bought 5 six packs of beer and went out to dinner at a brew pub. Fitting, no? I did 3.5 of the most boring miles ever on the treadmill. I tried to do it really slowly, since I’m running a race in the morning, but I was…
Everyone loves a good fartlek
When Beer Geek walked in the door today, I walked out LOL. The boys have been fighting a ton lately and I just needed a break. I still needed to get my 3 miles in for the day, so I made sure I was ready when he got home. I hadn’t planned speed work, but…
Fish antics and G.O.T.R.
Jones and Shoo got new fish tanks for their birthdays in October. Shoo’s tank is doing well and the fish seem happy. Jones’ tank seems to be having a bit of a problem. The neons are doing fine, but we’ve lost two guppies so far. Today, I noticed his algae eater was upside down in…
Top 10 reasons today’s run should have sucked
10. I got very little sleep last night – I went to bed around one and Shoo woke me up twice and then I was up for the day at 6:30 9. My butt was super sore – yesterday’s mommy and me exercise class kicked my butt, literally. I could barely walk this morning. 8….
To do list hell
I realized today that there are less than 3 weeks until we leave for my parents’ house. ACK! We’ve decided to celebrate our Christmas here with the boys on December 14th, after Jones’ Christmas pageant at church, so that we don’t have to drag stuff to and from Wisconsin. That means I have exactly 2…